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Surgery for Blocked Arteries Unwarranted?

November 16, 2019 by Matthew Capowski

With 5,179 participants followed for a median of three and a half years, this was the largest trial to address the effect of opening blocked arteries in nonemergency situations and the first to include today’s powerful drug regimens. https://t.co/OYgjkwRBby

— NYT Health (@NYTHealth) November 17, 2019

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Categories Health: Modern, WarningsTags Cardiovascular Disease

P. gingivalis and Alzheimer’s Disease

September 1, 2019 by Matthew Capowski

P. gingivalis, a bacteria that commonly causes gum infections, has been linked to Alzheimer's. https://t.co/JOEW7qQ3Ay

— Discover Magazine (@DiscoverMag) September 2, 2019

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Categories Health: Modern, ResearchTags Alzheimer's

More On Deaths Caused by Mainstream Healthcare

August 29, 2019July 29, 2019 by Daniel Hill

https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1151622880175652865

And a rebuttal:

https://twitter.com/BenMazer/status/1149329073598074883

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Categories Health: Modern, WarningsTags Iatrogenesis

Moderate Sodium with High Potassium For The Win?

March 31, 2019 by Matthew Capowski

Our new #PURE paper just out in BMJ: 1) Virtually nobody meets the simultaneous target of low sodium (<2 g/d) with high potassium (>3.5 g/d); 2) Combined MODERATE sodium (3-5 g/d) with HIGH potassium intake is assoc w the LOWEST risk of mortality & CVD. https://t.co/WcfklDEunq

— Andrew Mente, PhD (@andrewmente) March 16, 2019

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On Medical Conservatism

March 31, 2019 by Matthew Capowski

Conmpelling Case For Medical Conservatism:
"BMJ reviewed 3000 treatments & found that 1/2 were of unknown effectiveness & only 11% were clearly beneficial."

Great manifesto with common sense advice from @drjohnm @VPrasadMDMPH@adamcifuhttps://t.co/64BhHDOuz5

— Allen Frances (@AllenFrancesMD) March 14, 2019

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Categories Health: Modern, WarningsTags Iatrogenesis

Psychiatry

December 31, 2018 by Matthew Capowski

"despite billions of dollars in research funding, and thousands of journal articles, biological psychiatry has given doctors and patients little of practical value never mind a cause or a cure" https://t.co/qRls5cDwyz

— Joanna Moncrieff (@joannamoncrieff) December 6, 2018

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Categories Health: Modern, Mind Well-Being

On Modern Medicine

December 1, 2018 by Daniel Hill

This is so well summarised – there is a clear need within the health system to focus on deprescribing particularly with chronic conditions @DrAseemMalhotra @Deprescribing @PJOnline_News @rpharms @UKCPA https://t.co/7ib7Bncjlx

— Neetu Bansal (@PharmNeetu) November 30, 2018

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Good Short Primer on Insulin Resistance and Heart Disease

November 27, 2018 by Daniel Hill

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Categories Conditions & Diseases, Health: Modern, MultimediaTags Insulin Resistance, Ivor Cummins

C. diff Now More Common Outside of the Hospital

November 27, 2018 by Daniel Hill

Dangerous Infection C. diff Tied To Hospitals Now Becoming Common Outside Them https://t.co/bMMoSofTqg via @NPR

— Ash Paul (@pash22) November 25, 2018

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On CAC Scans

November 18, 2018 by Matthew Capowski

This is the first time I have heard of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scans. It is being proposed that the CAC scan test results are very significant and predictive.

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